"India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace
of human
speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great
grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive
materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only."

- Mark Twain

"India will help shape the way the world order is put
together in the
wake of the wreckage that was left behind by the financial crisis.
India's capacity to improve existing skills and learn new ones is the
most defensible competitive advantages of all."

- CK Prahalad
Author - The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
(Speaker KIBC 2009)

"India has gone through a paradigm shift in
infrastructure development, not merely an increase in spending... India
remains a good parking lot, a good investment destination."

"India is in the top three markets for every company in
the world
because India is a young country, a growing country, a well managed
country."

- Indra Nooyi,
PepsiCo Chairman
(Speaker KIBC 2002)

"In merely 15 years India has made economic history. It
has moved from
being an underdeveloped agricultural economy to a knowledge-based
service society. In its development, India has thus skipped the
industrialization phase."

- Rajat Gupta,
McKinsey & Company Ex-MD
(Speaker KIBC 2002)

"India has 10 of 30 fastest-growing urban areas in the
world and we
estimate a massive 700 million people will move to cities by 2050. This
will have significant implications for demand for urban infrastructure,
real estate, and services."

- Goldman Sachs

Welcome to the 2011 Kellogg India Business Conference

Building Bridges, Creating Connections

Eighteen years after its economic liberalization, India has
emerged
as a robust international economy and is well on its way to becoming a
global superpower, with the world taking notice of the
hunger Indian businesses have for global
expansion. At the
same time, the Indian consumer market has emerged as an enormous
opportunity for businesses from around the globe.

At this year’s conference, we continue to explore the
opportunities created through India’s expanding business footprint and
examine the dichotomy that development has produced – progress on the
one hand and inequities in affordability, education and healthcare on
the other. The conference will build bridges between global business
leaders and a thriving Indian economy that has established itself as a
pillar of the world economy.

Speakers & Panelists this year include:

Praful Patel - Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (formerly MInister of State for Civil Aviation)